Edward Williams (painter)

Edward Williams (1782 – 24 June 1855) was an English landscape painter. He was the son of engraver Edward Williams (1755-) and Mary Ward, daughter of James & Rachael Ward.

Edward Williams was the father of some prominent Victorian painters - his eldest son Edward Charles Williams (1807-1881), second son Henry John Boddington (1811–1865), third son George Augustus Williams (1814-1901), fourth son Arthur Gilbert Frederick Williams (1819-1895) fifth son Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886) and sixth son Alfred Walter Williams (1824-1905). Some of his sons changed their last name in order to avoid later confusion in ascribing their work.

After his mother, Mary Ward, had run away, Williams was raised and tutored by his mother's brother, James Ward (1769–1859). ^[1] Williams exhibited at the Royal Academy and elsewhere between 1814 and 1855. His work is to be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum and Leeds Art Gallery.

He lived at first in London and later in Barnes and was friendly with the notorious group who accompanied George Morland who had married Anne Ward (1771-1804), another daughter of James & Rachael Ward.

Family

Edward Williams married Ann Hildebrandt on 12 February 1806 in St Pancras, London. She was the daughter of Frederick and Sarah Hildebrandt. Their children were:

1. Emily Williams
2. Edward Charles Williams (10 July 1807 - 25 July 1881 Shepherds Bush, London)
3. Henry John Williams (1811, St Marylebone, London - 11 April 1865 Barnes, London)
4. George Augustus Williams (4 May 1814, St Marylebone, London - 26 May 1901, Barnes, London)
5. Arthur Gilbert Frederick Williams (19 December 1819, Newington Butts Road, Stoke Newington, London - 21 April 1895, Croydon, Surrey)
6. Sidney Richard Percy Williams (1821, London - 13 April 1886, Sutton, Surrey)
7. Alfred Walter Williams (18 July 1824, London - 16 December 1905)
8. Charles Williams (18 July 1824 - died shortly after birth) ^[2][3]

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